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Which of the following statements are true, given angle S congruent to angle J and angle N congruent to angle E? Select all the apply

Which of the following statements are true, given angle S congruent to angle J and-example-1
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Given that the triangles JOE and SAN are similar the answers are:

1 True, because the inner angles of a triangle always add up 180 degrees

2 True, you use the angle-angle similarity criterion

3 False, this is not necessarily true

4 False, for this to be true the triangles have to be congruent

5 False, this is not necessarily true

6 False, because they are congruent

7 True, because the triangles are similar

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